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The opposing fleets were facing off over the sparsely-populated Falkland Islands, known as the Malvinas in Argentina.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Thus, we can thank a day of unusually mild weather on May 1, 1982 for leaving us with many more living Argentinian and British sailors and aviators today than might otherwise have been the case.
On the afternoon of May 1, 1982, crewmen on the deck of the Argentine carrier
Veinticinco de Mayo (“May 25”) scrambled to load six A-4Q Skyhawk attack planes with four Mark 82 bombs each.
The subsonic jets were to be the tip of the spear of Argentine Navy Task Force 79 as it attacked a British Royal Navy fleet roughly 140 miles away, including the carriers
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DEFEA 2021: The Greek helicopters presented by the Armed Forces
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The helicopters of the Greek Armed Forces were presented at the DEFEA 2021 exhibition held in Athens. What are they and what are their capabilities?
The flying weapons that were on display were the S-70B Aegean Black Hawk, the 0H-58D Kiowa and the AH-64DHA Longbow Apache .
S-70B Aegean Black Hawk
The S-70B is one of the biggest “boasts” the Greek Navy has (despite the fact that it is a naval force) and has eleven S-70 helicopters.
The S-70 helicopter is made by the American company Sikorsky, has two engines, a basic four-blade propeller, an auxiliary power unit (APU), radar, and automatic flight control system (AFCS).
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What if the US Navy ditches expensive Super Carriers in favor of smaller carriers? The navy has to decide if shifting to smaller carriers is worth the savings that come with tradeoffs in the upcoming power competition, when capabilities will matter a lot.
On one side is a smaller cheaper force that will come with fewer capabilities, which will compromise US forces. Already heavily armed PLA and Russia are getting big for more punch on the battlefield.
One argument for a smaller mobile naval force is that it s less of a target. True, but how can they go toe to toe if there would be less substantive air support for US forces.